Improvement in gage quilters and corders



G. VINCENT.

Gage Quilter and Border.

N 161 458 Patented March30,1875.

" e 9L Inventor THE GRAPHIC C0.PHOTO-L|TH. 39&41 PARK PLACEJLY- STATESGEORGE VINCENT, OE STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN GAGE QUILTERS AND CORDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 161,458, dated March30, 1875; application filed February 2, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEoRe-E VINcENT, of Stockton, San Joaquin county,State of California, have invented a Gage Quilter and Corder; and I dohereby declare the following description and accompanying drawings aresufficient to enable any person skilled in the art or science to whichit most nearly appertains, to make and use my said invention, withoutfurther invention or experiment.

My invention relates to a novel attachment for sewing-machines; and itconsists in the co mbination with a plate secured to the presserfoot ofa sewing-machine, of a movable gage, which is made adjustable in a slotin this plate, so that it can be instantly set at any point, or reversedto work from the opposite side.

Referring to the accompanying drawing for a more complete explanation ofmy invention, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a presserfoot with mygage attached. Fig. 2 shows the plate detached.

A is the presser-foot of a sewing-machine, having the plate B secured toit, as describedthat is to say, by having a square shoulder, a, toprevent slipping, and fastening B to A with the screw 1). This plate Bextends forward to the toe of the presser-foot, and has a slot, 0, madethrough it transversely to its length. Through this slot the gage-bar Dpasses, and the elasticity of the plate B will be sufficient to retainthe bar in its place by its friction against the bottom of thepresserfoot. At one end of the bar D I make a gageplate or marker, 6. Itwill be seen that by setting this marker at a point equal to the widthof any tuck or line of quilting from the needle, it will serve as aguide to work by until (as in quilting) the work has accumulated to suchan extent as to be in the way beneath the arm of the machine. The bar Dis then simply withdrawn and inserted from the opposite side of the slot0, so that the marker stands at the other side of the presserfoot, whenthe work of quilting may be continued by turning the work around, and Ican thus do double the amount that can be done in any other way. If thedevice is to be used us a corder it will only be necessary to set themarker close to the line of the cord, and as the plate B is slightlybeveled at the side where the needle passes through, it will be seenthat the cord will be held in a sort of a groove, between the edge ofthe plate and the guide, while the needle passes down close to it uponthe other side, and thus makes an even and finished job. By moving theguide farther from the plate a longer cord can be received, and thecorder thus becomes universal.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, 1s

The gage-bar D, with its marker 0, in combination with the plate B,slotted at 0 and secured to the heel of the presser-foot, substantiallyas and for the purpose herein described.

In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal.

GEORGE VINCENT. [L. s.]

Witnesses:

GEo. H. STRONG, O. M. RICHARDSON.

